Thursday, May 14, 2020

Georgia officials are asking the public to help them track 4-foot long, invasive lizards

CNN)There's more to add to that list of invasive species you just found out about and already don't like.
Georgia officials are working to completely eradicate a lizard they say poses a major threat to some of the state's native wildlife: the Argentine black and white tegus. 
John Jensen, a biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Conservation Section, said the lizard can grow up to about four feet in size and can eat "just about anything they want."
"Tegus will eat the eggs of ground-nesting birds — including quail and turkeys — and other reptiles, such as American alligators and gopher tortoises, both protected species," according to the department's website.

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 they lay 35 eggs...


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